Ed Cox (poet)

Ed Cox (July 6, 1946 in Washington, D.C. – September 1, 1992) was an American poet.

He served in the U.S. Navy.^{[citation needed]} He studied at the University of Maryland with and . He worked for the U.S. Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.^{[citation needed]}

He read at Mass Transit, at the Community Book Shop on P Street.^[1] He lived at 1345 Saratoga Ave. NE from 1959 to 1964, and 1920 S Street NW,4110 Emery St NW, and 1301 15th St. NW #720 in the 1980s.^[2] His papers are held by American University.^[3]

Awards[]

• 1982 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship
• 1987 PEN American Center
• 1987 American Poets Fund of the Academy of American Poets
• 1989 Lyndhurst Prize, by the Lyndhurst Foundation

Works[]

• Blocks. Washington, D.C.: Some of Us Press, 1972.
• Waking. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1977.
• Collected Poems. Arlington, VA: Paycock Press, 2002. ISBN 0-931181-10-0^[4]

Editor[]

• Seeds and Leaves (1977)
• Some Lives (1984)

Reviews[]

• "Poems of the Quotidian World", Oyster Boy Review 16, Reginald Shepherd, Winter 2002
• "Dead poet speaking", Lambda Book Report, April 1, 2002, Clark, Philip

References[]

External links[]

• "Just Like Old Times: An Interview with Ed Cox", Beltway Poetry Quarterly, E. Ethelbert Miller, Volume 7, Number 4, Fall 2006
• "Richard McCann on ED COX", Beltway Poetry Quarterly